per·i·stal·sis 
(pĕr′ĭ-stôlsĭs, -stăl-)
(pĕr′ĭ-stôlsĭs, -stăl-)n. pl. per·i·stal·ses (-sēz)
The wavelike muscular contractions of the digestive tract or other tubular structures by which contents are forced onward toward the opening.
[New Latin, from Greek peristaltikos, peristaltic, from peristellein, to wrap around : peri-, peri- + stellein, to place; see stel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
per′i·staltic (-stôltĭk, -stăl-) adj.
per′i·stalti·cal·ly adv.
- put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- put one's house in order
- put one's money where mouth is
- put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put (one's) nose to the grindstone
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- put (one's) shoulder to the wheel
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- Putonghua
- Pu tong hua
- put on the block
- put on the dog
- put on the map
- put (or set)(one's) house in order
- put (or set) (one's) house in order
- put out
- putout
- put out
- put out to pasture
- put over
- put paid to
- put-put
- put-put